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signed · Indiana · Senate Mar 12, 2026

SB 140: Public safety.

Amends the definition of "threat" in the intimidation statute to include posting a person's personal information on a social media platform with the intent to cause: (1) bodily injury to the person; (2) damage to the person's property; or (3) the commission of a crime against the person. Increases the penalty for intimidation if committed against a legislator.
Vaneta Becker (R) Aaron Freeman (R) Sue Glick (R) Alex Zimmerman (R) · 9 co-sponsors
signed · Indiana · Senate Mar 5, 2026

SB 119: Grooming.

Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer. Adds entering a facility or location holding an event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age by a serious sex offender to the crime of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender. Renames the offense of "inappropriate communication with a child" to "sexual grooming", and provides (in addition to the current elements of the offense) that a person commits the offense if the person engages in a pattern of repeated or continuous contact with an individual whom the person believes to be a child less than 14 years of age, with the intent to condition the individual to be less resistant to future sexual conduct or sexual activity. Specifies that "computer network" includes cellular telephones.
Dan Dernulc (R) Rick Niemeyer (R) Liz Brown (R) Julie Olthoff (R) · 7 co-sponsors
signed · Indiana · Senate Mar 5, 2026

SB 144: Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices.

Increases the penalty for a person who: (1) makes a delivery sale of an e-liquid to an individual less than 21 years of age; (2) sells or distributes a tobacco product to a person less than 21 years of age; and (3) purchases a tobacco product for a person less than 21 years of age; from a Class C infraction to a Class B infraction. Makes it a Class B infraction for a person to make a delivery sale of a vapor device to an individual less than 21 years of age. Makes it a Class B infraction for a person to: (1) sell or distribute a vapor device to a person less than 21 years of age; and (2) purchase a vapor device for a person less than 21 years of age. Makes it a Class C infraction for a person less than 21 years of age to purchase, accept, or possess a vapor device. Prohibits a person from advertising an e-liquid or a vapor product, by any medium, within 1,000 feet of school property.
Scott Alexander (R) Aaron Freeman (R) Mike Bohacek (R) Elizabeth Rowray (R) · 5 co-sponsors
signed · Indiana · Senate Mar 5, 2026

SB 160: Public safety.

Makes wearing a mask during the commission of a criminal offense a sentencing aggravator. Makes it malicious littering, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to place refuse on the property of another person with the intent to cause the owner or occupant of the property to reasonably fear for their physical safety.
Spencer Deery (R) Brett Clark (R) Scott Baldwin (R) Danny Lopez (R) · 1 co-sponsor
signed · Indiana · Senate Mar 5, 2026

SB 92: Community corrections trust funds.

Authorizes a county that operates a community corrections program to establish a county community corrections trust fund (fund). Specifies the funding sources and permissible uses of the fund. Specifies reporting and auditing requirements relating to the administration of the fund. Makes technical corrections to a reference to community corrections programs located in the civil procedure law.
Brett Clark (R) Rick Niemeyer (R) Jim Buck (R) Greg Steuerwald (R) · 9 co-sponsors